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Have Yourself a Very Frugal Christmas: 12 Ways to be Frugal this Christmas

A Day of Thanks
I have a lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving day.  My family’s love and support keeps me going all these years.  Then there are my small circle of friends that I enjoy life with.  I still have my health and the legs under me that help me achieve something I didn’t think was possible [...]

Travel Itineraries
Travel itineraries are a great way to make your vacation, holiday, or business travel much more enjoyable. Itineraries are not set in stone and must adapt to changes.  A flexible and well planned itinerary gives the traveler more time to enjoy the place they visit and less time stressing out what to do next. Developing an [...]

Back from Philly
Visiting Philadelphia was a great trip and an amazing experience as a solo traveler.  I met a lot of friendly people.  I visited places on my itinerary.  The weather stayed sunny for most of the trip.  The hostel I slept in exceeded my expectations.  I was satisfied with my Sunday run no matter what the [...]

Prepping to Kick Some Asphalt, Part 1
My bags are packed.  My plane ticket and race confirmation has been printed.  I’m ready to go.  I packed an assortment of things based on the possible weather in Philly, what I might be doing, and carry on restrictions. As of today, the forecast predicts a sunny day in the upper 50s on marathon Sunday.  It [...]

Almost Unraveled
All the training I did in the past year nearly unraveled. I stuff myself with excess calories, I lost motivation to go run, and my thoughts turned negative. I ate at Chipotle on Sunday, Portillo’s on Monday, and tried Five Guys on Tuesday. I gorged on food to fill something in me and replace the [...]